Where does “in” come from?
in (Chinese) comes from English integrate, from Latin integratus, from Latin integro, from Latin integer, from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros — untouched.
in (Chinese): in fashion; popular
Definitions
- in fashion; popular
Ancestry of “in”, step by step
in traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English integrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | integrate | To form into one whole; to make entire; to... |
| 2 | Latin | integratus | renewed, restored, having been made whole; begun... |
| 3 | Latin | integro | I renew, restore, make whole; I begin again,... |
| 4 | Latin | integer | complete, whole, intact; uninjured, sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *n̥tagros | untouched |